Where does “хоро́шенький” come from?

хоро́шенький (Russian) comes from Russian хоро́ший, from Old East Slavic хорошь, from Proto-Slavic *xoroščьnъ — beautiful, handsome.

хоро́шенький (Russian): pretty, comely, pin-up

Definitions

  1. pretty, comely, pin-up

Ancestry of “хоро́шенький”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianхоро́шийpretty, good-looking, handsome
2Old East Slavicхорошь—
3Proto-Slavic*xoroščьnъbeautiful, handsome

Words derived from “хоро́шенький”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *xoroščьnъ →Every word from Old East Slavic хорошь →Every word from Russian хоро́ший →